Animal acoustic activity decline shows forest fire pollution wreaks havoc on wildlife

Forest fires in Southeast Asia during the El Niño droughts of 2015 caused considerable disruption to…

New concept of terrestrial planet formation

Scientists are proposing a new way of understanding the cooling and transfer of heat from terrestrial…

World’s first ‘molecular robot’ capable of building molecules

Scientists have created the world's first 'molecular robot' that is capable of performing basic tasks including…

Dinosaur evolution: Lumbering giants had agile ancestors

The best known sauropod dinosaurs were huge herbivorous creatures, whose brain structures were markedly different from…

Oxytocin turns up the volume of your social environment

A new study shows that the so-called 'love hormone' oxytocin can intensify negative as well as…

Parents: How you manage conflict has an impact on your kids

It's not always bad for children to be exposed to their parents' disagreements. It's how those…

Finding a natural defense against clogged arteries

An unexpected natural protective factor has been found against chronic inflammation that drives cardiovascular disease in…

Newly ID’d role of major Alzheimer’s gene suggests possible therapeutic target

A new role has been identified for the major Alzheimer's risk factor ApoE4, suggesting that targeting…

Scientists make atoms-thick ‘Post-It notes’ for solar cells and circuits

A new study describes an innovative method to make stacks of semiconductors just a few atoms…

Brain cancer growth halted by absence of protein

The growth of certain aggressive brain tumors can be halted by cutting off their access to…